a statement by 36+ mayors of European cities, incl. #Paris & #Berlin:

"...We, European mayors, condemn in the strongest possible terms the arrest of our colleague Ekrem Imamoğlu, Mayor of #Istanbul, and of local elected representatives in #Turkey.

We denounce his arbitrary imprisonment and... the repeated attacks on fundamental rights and municipal freedoms. These arrests ... mark a new stage in the violation of democratic principles in Turkey..."

#democracy, #Europe

https://eurocities.eu/latest/mayors-voice-support-for-ekrem-imamoglu/

Eid Mubarak!

Türkei: Hunderttausende bei Großkundgebung für İmamoğlu

Hunderttausende versammelten sich in Istanbul, um für İmamoğlu und gegen die Politik des türkischen Präsidenten Erdoğan zu protestieren. Obwohl er im Hochsicherheitsgefängnis sitzt, sprach der CHP-Politiker sogar selbst zu der Menge - per KI. Von Uwe Lueb.

https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/europa/tuerkei-protest-istanbul-imamoglu-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

Hundreds of thousands join Istanbul protest rally

> Waving flags and chanting slogans, hundreds of thousands of anti-government demonstrators rallied in #Istanbul Saturday calling for democracy to be defended after the arrest of mayor Ekrem Imamoglu which sparked #Turkey’s worst street unrest in over a decade.
https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2025/03/29/hundreds-of-thousands-join-istanbul-protest-rally-report #Turkiye #protests

A rally, which is already the largest #Turkey has seen in a decade, is taking place in #Istanbul. About 2,000 people have been detained, #Reuters reported.

#ukraine #putinisamasskiller #putinisawarcriminal @kardinal691

Sadattuhannet osoittivat lauantaina mieltä Turkin hallinnon sortoa vastaan: ”Jonain päivänä saamme vielä oikeutta”

Turkin opposition mukaan Istanbuliin oli kerääntynyt lauantaina jopa 2,2 miljoonaa ihmistä.

https://yle.fi/a/74-20152614

Hundreds of thousands join mass opposition protest in Istanbul

A mass rally organised by the main opposition party in Turkey, the Republican People’s Party (CHP), kicked off in Istanbul on Saturday. While student groups have maintained the momentum with smaller protests ever since city mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was arrested on March 19, this is the first major demonstration to take place since Tuesday. France24 [...]

https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250329-hundreds-of-thousands-join-mass-opposition-protest-in-istanbul

Around me in Istanbul there is fear on every face – but I see a resilience that refuses to die

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/29/istanbul-fear-resilience-ekrem-imamoglu-arrest

#türkiye #istanbul #imamoğlu #demokrasi #insanHakları #erdoğan #faşizm #turkey #democracy #humanRights #imamoglu #erdogan #fascism

It is too soon to tell whether the current wave of popular anger and disillusionment in Turkey will evolve into a coherent movement capable of mounting a credible opposition to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/03/28/world/inside-turkeys-executive-coup/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #turkey #receptayyiperdogan #ekremimamoglu #istanbul #democracy #humanrights

Rubio: Yhdysvallat ilmaissut Turkille huolensa maan protesteista

Turkin sisäministeri Ali Yerlikayan mukaan ainakin 1 879 ihmistä on pidätetty viime viikolla käynnistyneissä protesteissa.

https://yle.fi/a/74-20152364

When Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was first elected, he was considered a reformer. @dw looks at how he has tightened his grip on power over the past decade.
https://flip.it/BuxCU0
#Turkey #Erdogan #Istanbul #Democracy #Mayor #President

When Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was first elected, he was considered a reformer. @dw looks at how he has tightened his grip on power over the past decade.
https://flip.it/BuxCU0
#Turkey #Erdogan #Istanbul #Democracy #Mayor #President

Pikachu takes to the streets in anti-Erdoğan protests in Turkey.

#istanbul #pikatchu made it just in time to make an other #hegseth #meme before the bandwagon moves on.

btw my sympathies to the #turkiye demonstrators!

BBC correspondent Mark Lowen has been deported from #Turkey after being arrested in #Istanbul on Wednesday, the #BBC has said.

Lowen had been in #Turkey for several days to report on the ongoing protests that were sparked by the #Istanbul Mayor Ekrem #Imamoglu's arrest last week.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly34rg5ee5o #Türkiye #Europe #News